Phonograph and other sound-producing machine.



No. 876,006. PATENTED JAN. '7 1908. H. S. MILLS.

PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND PRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1907.

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H IHII'W Will No. 876,006. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908. H. S.-MILLS.

PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND PRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17, 1907.

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No. 876,006. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

. H. S. MILLS.

PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND PRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION.FILED JAN. 17, 1907.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

No. 876,006. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

- H. S. MILLS.

PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND PRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1907.

6 SHEETSSHEET 4.

No. 876,006. PATENTED JAN. '7, 1908. H. S. MILLS.

PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND PRODUCING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.17,1907.

5 SHBETSSHEET 5.

HERBERTS. MILLS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. PHONOGRAPH AND OTHER SOUND-PRODUCING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1'oos.

Application filed January 17. 1907- Serial No. 352.672.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT S. MILLS, a citizen of the United .States,residing at Chicago, in the count of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvente a new and useful Improvement in Phonograph and otherSoundroducing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to motor-operated sound-reproducingmachines,

althou h the invention or certain features thereof may be usefullyemployed in sound producing machines general My primary object is toprovide simple and efficient means for minimizing the ill effectsresulting from variations or fluctuations in speed of the operatingmotor, such, for instance, asmay result from fluctuations in an electriccurrent, where an electric motor is employed for operatingthesound-producing instrument. In musical instruments, such, forinstance, as a phonograph employed for reproducing music, the matter ofspeed regulation in the operation of the instrument is exceedin lyimportant, since fluctuations in the speed of the record of a phonogra hwill result in relative changes of pitch wit conserxlent loss of harmonyof tone.

. further object of my invention is to provide means whereby aphonograph may be caused to operate two or more times before thetechnically so-called reproducer thereof completely traverses therecord-bearin 'memher and whereby the reproducer will finally, aftercompletely traversing the records, be returned automatically to its.original or starting position.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention as applied to phonographs, Iemploy in connection with a phonograph an electric motor provided -witha controlling-circuit; a power-transmission torsion spring interposedbetween the motor and the phonograph-record which it actuates andserving to dissipate the variations in speed and transmit asubstantially unfluctuating speed of rotation to the phonograph record;means whereby the controlling circuit of the motor may be interruptedwhen the reproducer has reached any desired intermediate point in itstraverse over the record, without the return of the reproducer to itsstarting position; and means whereby the circuit is interrupted afterthe reproducer has completed its trav erse across the record and thereproducer is then returned automatically to its original or startingposition.

The invention is illustrated in the accompan ing drawings as applied toa coin-control ed motor-actuated phonograph.

In the drawings-Figure 1 re resents a broken front elevational view 0 aphonograph, equipped, operated and'controlled in.

accordance w1th my invention; Fig. 2, an end eleva-tional view of thesame with the motor omitted; Fig. 3, a plan View of the same; Fig. 4, aview of circuit-controlling mechanism employed and taken in the samedirection as the view shown in Fig. 2, the switch-lever being in adifferent osition from its position shown in Fig. 2; ig. 5, a sectionalview in perspective, the section being taken as indicated at line 5 ofFig. 4, showing the relation of, the switch to the contact points; Fig.6, a detail section taken as indicated at line 6 of Fig. 1 andillustrating the manner in 'which. a shiftable camequiplped bar employedfor actuating the switc of the circuit-controlling mechanism is held ina retracted position to permit the return of the reproducer-carriagewithout the cam carried thereby encountering the cams on saidearn-shaft; Fig. 7, a front elevational view of certain parts andshowing the position of said arts an instant after the retaining awl oratch of the reproducer elevating ever has been tripped; and Figs. 8 and9, sections taken as indicated at line 8 of Fig. 3 and showing,respectively, the non-engaging and engagln positions of thereproducer-carriage w1th re ation to the feedscrew which actuates saidcarriage during the reproducing operation.

In the construction illustrated, A represents a phonograph comprisingthe usual parts, namely, a frame A record-carrier A fitted with acylindrical record A reproducer-carrier A hearing a pivoted needleholderA and equipped with a screw-clutch or follower A, reproducer-carrierfeed-screw A contained within the reproducer-carrier guide A and gearedto the shaft of the record-carrier A governor A", and brake device A; B,an electric motor having a circuit B fitted with switch-points B and Band with a switch B, as shown in Figs. 2, 4 and 5; B a shock-absorbingower-transmission torsion-spring actuated y a'wheel B connected by abelt I?) to the motor-shaft; B, a wheel attached to and actuated by thepowertransmission spring B and serving to actuate a shaft B uponwhich itis fixed and also to transmit motion through a belt B to therecord-carrier shaft; C, circuit-controllin mechanism actuated by thereproducer an comprising a cam 0 carried by the reproducer carrier, ashiftable cam equip ed switch-actuating bar C extending para lel withand located in front of the reproducer- -carrier guide, a pair of arms Csu porting said bar and supported on pivots one of said'armsconstituting with an arm 0' a bellcrank lever, a spring 0 which tends tohold the bar C in the position in which it is shown in Fig. 2, and aswitch-actuating link 0 depending from the free end of the arm 0 of saidbell-crank lever; C, a switch-locking 1 lever which normally locks theswitch-lever B in the open position indicated in Fig. 2; D, aneedle-elevating and clutch-disengaging lever which serves, by rotatingthe member A to disengage the clutch from the feedscrew and swing theholder A to the osition shown in Fig. 8; D, a latch, or paw which servesto lock the lever D in the position shown in Fig. 1; D, alatch-unlocking member actuated by the member A when thereproducer-carrier reaches the end of its traverse; D a cam which servesto hold the clutch-member A in the disengaged position shown in 8 duringthe return movement of the reproducer carrier; D, a needleholder su portupon which the holder A rides as t e repro ucer-carrier, in its returnmovement, nears its original starting position; D a bar-latch whichserves, by en- Y gagement with the member D, as indicated by dottedlines in Fig.6, to lock the camequipped bar C in its forward, orretracted, position to permit the cam C on the reproducer-carrier topass the cams on the bar C during the return movement of the repro.

ducer-carrier; and D, a carrier-retracting weight su ported by a cord Dwhich asses over a pu ley D and is attached to t e re. producer-carrier.

The general construction of the phonograph illustrated is wellunderstood, and it will be unnecessary togo into details, except asmaybe necessary to enable the description of the novel features which havebeen added to be understood. The frame A has the usual standard forsupporting the rotary record-carrier, and the usual standards a in whichthe reproducer guide is mounted and the feed-screw journaled. Motion iscommunicated from the shaft 0.? of the record-carrier, by a train ofgears a? to the feed screw A. The record A is the usual cylindrical waxrecord, and as here illustrated the record cylinder has its surfacedivided into a plurality of records a sepa-- rated by unmarked spaces awhereby a series of records may be reproduced during one completetraverse of the record cylinder by the reproducer. Thecircuit-controlling mechanism is so arranged as to stop the motorautomatically after each short record a has been reproduced. Thisfeature is of great importance in machines known as, 7

fortune-telling machines, or, generally, when the record cylinder is ofsufficient size to contain several records. The reproducer-. carrier Ais pivotally and slidably mounted on, the guide A in the usual manner,the

member. A being slotted on its lower side to permit the screw-en agingmember a. to engage the screw. he needle-holder A is pivotally supportedin the carriage A on pivots a. member A is provided with bifurcations,or arms, a joined by a pin a. The member A has'a short arm a locatedbetween the bifurcations a of the member A and adapted to engage the pina"; and said member A has a longer arm a adapted to be engaged by thelever D for thepurpose of raising the member A to withdraw the needlefrom the record, as shown in Fig. 8, and said arm a The lower frontportion of the 30 is ada ted to pass beneath the cam D and designated B.This motor may be of any approved type and any suitablecircuit-controlling means may be employed. Ordinarily machines of thischaracter are intended for operation by a current supplied from a dynamowhich serves, at the same time, for various operative purposes. Thecurrent, therefore, is subject to fluctuation, and I have provided meansfor overcoming the ill efiects of such fluctuations, which arepeculiarly felt in machines adapted for the purposeof the presentmachine. I have shown the circuit B equipped with a batter b, but, thisis merely for illustration. Or inarily, the use of batteries is avoided,where possible, for reasons which will be understood by those skilled inthe art.

By reference to Figs. 4' and 5 it will be 120 I seen that the circuit Bwill be completed when the right-hand end of the switch-lever B" is-inthe elevated position shown in these figures. The switchlever is equiped with a spring b which tends to bring a out this condition. The shaft6 of the motor is equipped with a step ed pulley b for connection withthe belt T3. The belt in' passing to the pulley B passes over an-idler bcarried by an arm 6 which is acted upon by a sprin b. The wheel B hasits hub fixed on a s aft b" which extends through the I of the usualconstruction.

The circuit controlling mechanism C serves to automatically break thecircuit after the motor has operated for a predetermined period. Asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, one of the arms C is connected by a spring 0with a hook 0 connected with an endstandard a of the phonograph frame.This spring tends to hold the cam-equipped bar C in the position shownin Figs. 2 and 3. The cam 1 attached to the reproducer-carrier A isprovided with an oblique or beveled surface 0 and the bar C is equippedwith a series of intermediate cams c and an end-cam 0, these cams havingoblique or beveled surfaces 0 coacting with the oblique surface a of thecam C The s acing of the interme-- diate cams correspon s with thespacing of the several records or paragraphs on the record cylinder, sothatthe bar 0 will be actuated to cause an interru tion of the motorcircuit after the re ro uction of each record of the record cy inder.The cam c is longer than the cam 0 that is, projects rearwardly fartherthan the cam 0 so that when the cam c is encountered the bar C will bemoved forward through a greater distance than when the cams c areencountered, thereb permitting the latch D to assume the loc ingposition with reference to the cams of the bar C The arm 0, which isrocked downwardly when the bar C is thrown forwardly by the action ofthe re roducer-carrier, serves to de' ress the link 7 during thisaction. Said lin moves in a guide slot 0 in the base-plate of the frameA, and is provided beneath said base plate' with a slot or recess 0terminating at its lower end in an abrupt shoulder .0 adapted to engagea stud c on the front end of the switch'leyer B Said switch lever issupported on a pivot 0 carried by a framemember 0 depending from saidbaselate. The lower end of the link C is confine in a guide 0 and nearthe lower end of said link is a slot or recess 0 beneath which is a cam0 adapted to work on the front wall of the guide a". Conneoted"with thelower end of the link C and with the frame member a is a spring 0. Whenthe link. C moves down wardly, the recess c permits the lower end ofsaid link to be swung, under the action of the spring 0 so that theabrupt shoulder a will engage the stud c of the switch lever. When thearm C is suddenly drawn upwardly under the action of the spring a aftera cam of the bar C has been passed by the.

cam C of the reproducer-carrier, the switch lever will be quicklyactuated to interru t the circuit of the motor, and during t e finalortion of the upward movement of the link, 7 the cam 0 serves to releasethe link from the stud 0", so that the parts will occupy the positionshown in Fig. 2. r I ",l

The ,latch lever C is supported on a pivot c? and is provided at itsupperiend with a locking shoulder 0" adapted to engage a lat eral lug con the rear end of the switch lever B. A spring c" tends to move theupper end of the lever C towards, the switch lever B. The lever Coccupies substantially a vertical position, and has a rearwardly curvedlower end 0 which projects into a coin-chute 0 3 When the lower end ofthe latch lever 0 is swung forwardly, as will happen if a coin is droped into the chute 0 the latch will be disengaged from the lockingposition shown in' Fig'. 2, and permit the spring I) to elevate the rearend of the switch lever and,complete the electriccircuit, as shown inFig. 4. This position of the switch lever will be maintained until thelink 0 is again depressed and elevated to actuate the switch lever andbreak the circuit.

The lever D which serves to .elevate the needle holder of the reproducerand to disengage the reproducer-carrier from the feedscrew is supportedon a ivot d carried by a frame-member d. The ever lies in a plane and,as shown in d which is equippe with an arm of which extends from the armd towards the lefthand end of the machine. The left-hand end of thelever D is curved upwardly and to the left, as indicated at d. At theright-hand end of the lever D and at the base of the standing arm d is alockin shoulder d which serves to engage a lociring shoulder d withwhich the pawl D is provided. Said pawl D is supported on a pivot d andis normally held in engagement with the lever D by a spring d The upperend of 'the pawl D is provided with'a perforate ear (1 which receives ashort threaded rod d equippedwithadjustablenutsd. Therodd moves in aguide d". The left hand end of the member oi is in the path of the arm aof the member A of the reproducer, so that when the reproducer-carrierreaches the final end of its traverse, the pawl D will be actuated torelease the lever D and permit the spring d of said lever to depress therighthand end of the lever, the arm 'a 'ofjfthe member A passing, in themeantime, beneath the arm d of the lever D, so that when the lever'D isactuated by its spring, the

'member A will be rotated to release the reproducer-carrier from thefeed-screw and at the same time raise the needle-holder A to withdrawthe needle from therecord. The instant this occurs, the weight Doperates to retract the re roducer-carrier, the arm a of the member 6assing from beneath the arm d of the lever .,beneath the cam D", so

that the reproducer-carrier will be held out of engagement with thefeed-screw and the needle-holder will be held elevated during ceivedbeneath the arms a of the needleholder so as to su port saidneedle-holder for an instant at the eginning of the next operation ofthe machine. In the meantime because of the loose connection between theshort arm a. and the needle-holder A, the

memberA will return to its normal position, thereby connecting thereproducercarrier again with the feed-screw. An instant after themachine is again set in operation, the

needle-holder will drop off the support D* and bring the needle againinto contact with the record. Inasmuch as the cam bar C is held in aretracted position by the latch D during the return movement of thereproducer-carrier, it is necessary to provide means for releasing thelatch from the member D to permit the'bar C to assume its normalposition. For this'purpose the reproducer-carrier is equipped with a cam11 which engages the free end of the pawl D when the re roducer-carrierreaches the lefthand end 0 its traverse and disengages the pawl from themember D. The cam (1 is shown as a short curved wire projecting to theleft from the carrier A", as shown in Fig. 3. The pawl B is pivoted onthe left-hand end of the bar or shaftO as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

I preferably connect the cord D with the weight D through the medium ofa spring (1, and confine the weight in a guide-cylinder d in which acertain amount of air cushioning occurs, the whole arrangement beingintended to prevent shock to the delicate parts of the mechanism.

From the foregoing description, the 0 eration will be readilyunderstood. en it is desired to operate the phonograph, the lower endofthe latch-lever 0 is swung forwardly, as by drop ing a coin into thechute 0. thereby unlatc ing the switch-lever B whose spring b thereuponoperates to elevate'fthe rear end of the switch-lever and makeconnection between the switch-points B, B thereby establishing thecircuitof the electric motor. Thereupon', the motor, through the mediumof the wheel B", rotates the power-transmission coil-spring B therea bycommunicatin motion to the wheel B and thence throug the shaft B to thegovernor A", and through the belt B to the record-carrier, and from therecord-carrier through the gear train 0, to the feed-screw whichactuates the reproducer-carrier. A moment after the reproducer-carrierstarts to the right from the position shown in Fig. 1, the needle-suport A drops off the supporting member D, allowing the needle to come mtocontact with the cylinder.

right, the arm a, of the member A travels above the cam D. When the camC. encounters the first cam 0 on the bar 0 the bar C is shiftedforwardly a sufiicient distance to depress the link C so that it willengage the stud a. After the cam C asses the first of the cams 0 the barC is su denly returned under the actiov of the spring 0,

thereby elevating the bar 0 and breaking the circuit. This action, it isnoteworthy is accomplished without the release of the reproducer-carrierfrom the feed-screw, and the movement of the bar C is not sufficient topermit the pawl D to lockingly en age the member D so as to hold the bar2 1n its forward position. The only efi'ect, therefore, is to interruptthe circuit and sto the motor. 'The circuit ma be reestablished by againactuating the ever 0* to release the switchlever. The actionjustdescribed is repeated when any one of the intermediate cams c of the barC is encountered and passed b the cam C of the reproducer-carrier. enthe cam O encounters the cam c of the bar 0 the bar C is shifted areater distance, and the pawl D is permitte to assume thelockingposition indicated b the dotted lines in Fig.6. This is accomp ished aninstant before the arm a" of the member A of the reproducer-carrierencounters the member (1 and through the medium thereof actuates thepawl D to release the needleelevating lever D. When the lever D isreleased, it operates to turn the member A on its pivot, elevate theneedle-holder and release the reproducer-carrier from the feedscrew, theweight D then operatingto return the reproducer-carrier to its startingposition. During this return movement, the arm a passes beneath the camD maintaining the disconnection between the re ro-. ducer-carrier andthe feed-screw and hol ing the needle away from the record. In thereturn movement, the arm a" encounters the cam d and restores the leverD to its original position. An instant before the arm a. passes frombeneath the left-hand end of the Durf ing the movement of the reproducerto the cam D, the supporting member D is received beneath the arms a ofthe member A, and an instant later the cam d encounters the free end ofthe pawl D and releases the cam-bar C permitting it to assume itsnorm'alposition. It is noteworthy that the lever D aids in restoring themember A" to the position in which connection with the feed-screw ismade at the instant that the arm (1 passes from beneath the left-handend of the cam D The foregoing detailed description has been given forclearness of understanding only, and no undue limitation is to beunderstood therefrom. It may be stated that the power-transmissionspring B may be of any suitable length and strength to enable it tosuccessfully perform its function under varying conditions. It is notedthat while the spring rotates bodily during the transmission of power,it also yields throughout its length, when fluctuations in speed of theelectric motor occur; and, owing to the resilience of the spring, theoperation of the phono raph is continued in an even manner, re ard essof said fluctuations.

n practice, the governor tends to retard the operation of the machine ina greater or lesser degree, depending upon the speed transmitted to thegovernor, thereby tending to uniformity of movement of the recordandreproducer of the phonograph. Thisaction of the governor is supplementedby the resilience of the spring B which introduces a steadying effectwhich no governor is delicate enough and quickly responsive enough toeffect; and it is to be observed, there is also possibility of slippageof'the belt B upon its pulleys, which further supplements said action,so that there are three factors tending to uniformity of movement of therecord and reproducer. As a matter of practice, there always is employedan electric motor capable of developing, on the weakest current suppliedby the circuit, a speed in excess of that transmitted to the wheel B, sothat there always is more or less slippage of the belt B, It isnoteworthy that my invention enables the use of storage-batteries to bedispensed with as a source of power for automatic phonograph-machines,without necessitating the use of an automatically rewoundsp'ringmotorbetween the electric motor and the phonograph. In other words, I amenabled, y my invention, to take the power directly from anelectric-motor operated from a line current and obtain the mostsatisfactory results from the standpoint of reproduction of music, whileat the same time eliminating expensive mechanism and rendering themachine more sim 1e, more durable, and easier of operationanmaintenance, besides greatly reducing the cost of the machine. The greatimportance of these results will at once be mission spring connected tosaid driven memher, and means connecting said spring to said soundproducing member whereby said sound-producing member is driven by saidmotor through said spring, and the variations in the speed of the motoris absorbed by the spring, so that the sound-producing member is movedat a constant speed.

2. The combination With a phonograph, of an electric motor, a powertransmission spring serving to actuate an operative part of saidphonograph, means for transmitting power from said electric motor tosaid power transmission spring capable of slippage when the pull fromthe motor exceeds a predetermined maximum.

3. The'combination with a phonograph, of an electric motor, a powertransmission spring serving to actuate an operative part of saidphonograph, and belt and pulley connections between said electric motorand said transmission spring.

4. The combination with a phonograph and an electric motor, operatingcontinuously during the operation of the phonograph and serving as asource of power therefor, of power-transmitting and motion regulatingmeans for the phonograph, comprising a governor, and a resilienttransmission spring rotated by the electric motor and transmitting ipower therefrom to the phonograph.

5. The combination with a phonograph and an electric motor serving as asource of power therefor, of power transmission and motion regulatingmeans comprising a governor, a power transmission spring serving toactuate the phonograph and governor, and friction transmission meansbetween said power transmission spring and said electric motorpermitting acceleration of the speed of the motor without undueacceleration of the speed of-the power transmission spring.

6. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier andreproducer-carrier, of an electric motor having a circuit, apower-transmission spring, means for transmitting power from said motorto said power transmission spring, said means being capable of slippagewhen the pull from the motor exceeds a predetermined maximum, means 7.The combination with a phonograph havin a record-carrier and areproducer carrier, f an electric motor having a circuit, a

power-transmission spring, means for transmitting power from said motorto sald powertransmission spring, said means being capable of slippagewhen the pull from the motor exceeds a predetermined maximum, means fortransmitting motion from said powertransmission spring to saidrecord-carrier and reproducer-carrier durin operation of said motor androtation of said spring, a governor for the phonograph, and automaticcircuit-controllim means.

8. The combination with a phonograph having a record carrier andreproducer carrier, of an electric motor having a circuit, a powertransmission spring, pulley and belt connection between the electricmotor and said transmission spring, means'for transmitting motion fromsaid power transmission spring to said record-carrier andreproducercarrier durin operation of said motor and I rotation of saidspring, and automatic circuit controlling means.

9. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier and areproducer-carrier, of an electric motor having a circuit, a wheelactuated by said electric moton and havin a power-transmissioncoil-spring ac-- tuated thereby, a Wheel actuated by said coil-spring,means for transmitting motion from said second-named Wheel to therecordcarrier and from the record-carrier to the reproducer-carrier, agovernor for the phonograph, means for transmitting motion from saidsecond-named wheel to said governor, and circuit-controlling meansactuated by the reproducer-carrier. I

10. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier andreproducer-carrier, of an electric motor serving to operatethe'phonograpn, said motor having a circuit,

circuit-controlling means operative to interrupt the circuit a pluralityof times during one complete traverse of the reproducer-car rier, andmeans for automatically returning the reproducer-carrier to its startingposition after it has completed its traverse.

' 11. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier andreproducer-car rier, of an electric motor serving to operate thephonograph, said motor having a circuit, circuit-controlling meanscomprisinga switchactuating cam-equipped member, and a cooperating camon the reproducer-carrier.

12. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier andreproducer-carrier, of an electric motor serving to operate thephonograph, said motor having a circuit, circuit controlling meanscomprising a switch-actuating member equipped with a plurality of cams,and a cam carried by the reproducer-carrier and cooperating with saidfirst-named cams. I

13. The combination with a phonograph having r1er, 0' controlling meanscomprising a shiftable switch-actuating member equipped with a pluralityof cams, one of said cams projecting farther than the others, and a camcarried by the reproducer-carrier and co-acting with said first-namedcams.

14. The combination of a phonograph having a record-carrier andreproducer-car rier, a feed-screw, releasable means connecting thereproducer-carrier with said feedscrew, a motor having a circuit, aswitch-actuating member e uipped with a plurality of cams, one of saicams projecting farther than the others, a cam on the reproducerarecord-carrier and a reproducer-cara motor havmg a circuit, and acircuitcarrier co-acting with said first-named cams,

means for locking said first-named camequipped member in a retractedposition to permit return of the reproducer-carrier, and means forraising the reproducer-needle and returning the reproducer-carrier toits original position. I

15. The combination with a phono raph having a record-carrier and arepro ucer carrier, of a feed-screw for'the reproducercarrier,releasable connecting means between the reproducer-carrier and saidfeed-screw, a motor having a circuit, circuit-controlling meanscomprising a switch-actuating member equipped with a cam, a cam carriedby the reproducer-carrier co-acting with said first-named cam, and meansfor raising the needle-holder of the reproducer and maintaining it in araisedposition during the return movement of the reproducer-carrier.

16. In mechanism of the character described, the combination with thereproducer of a phonograph and a feed-screw therefor, of releasableconnecting means between the reproducer-carrier and said feedscrew, ashiftable bar equipped with a plurality of cams, a cam carried by therepro ducer-carrier, a circuit-controlling switch actuated by saidshiftable bar, a lever serving to raise the needle-holder of thereproducer and disengage the reproducer-carrier from its feed-screw, andmeans for returning by the reproducer-carrier, a spring-actuated leverserving to operate said clutch-releasing member, a cam serving to holdsaid clutchreleasing member in the disengaged position during the returnmovement of the reproducer-carrier, and means for returning thereproducer-carrierto its starting position.

18. In mechanism of the character tie-- 7 amped scribedf'the combinationwith the clutch which said "clutch-releasing member passes during thereturn movement of the repro-.

du'cer-carrier.

pawl operated of cams, one of sai 19. In mechanism of the characterdescribed, the combination with the clutchreleasing member of thereproducer-carrier of a honograph, of a pivoted spring-actuated everhaving a member beneath which an arm of said clutch-releasing member isadapted to pass and having at its opposite end a camortion, a stationarycam beneath which t e arm of the clutch-releasing mem-.

ber is adapted to pass during the return movement pf thereproducer-carrier, apawl normally holding sald lever against the actionof its sprin actuating means for said y the reproducer-carrier, andmeans for returning the reproducercarrier to its starting position.

20. The combination with the clutchreleasing member of thereproducer-carrier of a phonograph, of an actuating lever for the clutchreleasing member which is mounted on the frame of the machine, a lockingpawl serving normally to hold said lever in aninoperative position, andadjustable actuatingx means for said-locking pawl actuated e reproducercarrier.

21. The combination with the clutch releasing member of areproducer-carrier of a phonograph, of a lever D having a member dserving to engage an arm of the clutchreleasing member and having acam-portion d, a stationary cam D adapted to engage the arm of theclutch-releasing member after said arm passes from beneath the member d,and a locking pawl D for said lever.

22. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier, areproducer-carrler,

a feed-screw and a clutch-releasing and needle-holder elevating member,of means for actuating the record-carrier and the feedscrew, a leverserving to actuate the clutchreleasing and needle-holder elevatingmember, a stationary cam serving to engage said member during the returnmovement of the reproducer-carrier, and a needle-holder sup port servingto engage the needle-holder as the reproduoer-carrier nears its startingposition.-

23. The combination with a phonograph having a record carrier, areproducer-carrier, a feed-screw, a needle-holder, and a clutchreleasingand needle-holder elevating member, of a motor having a circuit, aswitchactuating member e uipped with a lurality cams being 0 greaterextent than the others, a locking pawl for said cam-equipped member, acam carried by the reproducer-carrier, and means for releasing saidlocking pawl when the reproducercar by ermitting said cam-equippedmember to assume. its normal. position.

24. The combination with a reproducercarrier equipped with a dam, of ashiftable bar equipped with a plurality of cams, a bellcrank leveractuated by saidv bar, a switchactuating link actuated by saidbell-crank kwfir, and a switch-lever actuated by said in I 25. Thecombination with the reproducerer returns to it's original position,therecarrier of a phonograph, of a cam carried by said carrier, ashiftable bar-equipped with a plurality-of cams, a link actuated by saidbar and rovided with a shoulder, a switch-lever provided with a shoulderadapted to be engaged by said first-named shoulder, a spring servin tohold said cam-equipped-bar in its norma position, a spring serving toactuate the switch-lever, and a latch-lever for the switch-lever.

26. The combination with the reproducercarrier of a phono raph, of a camcarried thereby, a shiftable ar, a plurality of adjustable cams mountedon said bar, a switchactuating link actuated by said bar, and apiriuit-controlling switch actuated .by said 27. The combination with aphonograph having a record-carrier, a reproducer-carrier, a feed-screw,and a clutch-releasing .and needle-holder elevating member, of a camcarried by the reproducer-carrier, a ba extending parallel with thefront of the machine in front of the reproducer-carrier, a cam on saidbar, switch-operating means actuated by said bar, means for actuatingthe clutch-releasing member, and a cam for engaging the clutch-releasingmember during the return movement of the reproducercarrier. p

28. The combination with the reproducer carrier of a phonograph, of acam "mounted thereon, a cam-equipped member actuated by said cam, a linkactuated thereby andprovided with a shoulder and with a earn, aswitch-lever having a shoulder adapted to engage said first-namedshoulder, a spring serving to actuate said switch-lever, and alatch-lever for the switch-lever.

29. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier and reroducer-oarrier, of a record-bearing mem er having a series of recordson its surface, a motor, means for stopping the movement of therecordcarrier and reproducer-carrier when the reproducer-carrier is at apoint corresponding with a space between records, and means for stoppingthe record-carrier and returning the reproducer-carrier to its originalstarting position after 'the reproduction of the final record of theseries.

30. The combination with a phonograph having a record-carrier, areproducer-carrier,

" 'of a record-bearing member having a series of records on its surface,an electric motor having a circuit a circuit-controiling switch,

a cam carried by the'reprodncer-carrier; a

. switch-actuating member having a lurality of cams, the last one ofwhich is 0 greater size than the others, trip-mechanism actuated by thereproducer-carrier atthe final 10 end of lts traverse and serving toactuatethe clutchreleasing member, means for iocking ating member whenthe reproducer-carrier- 15 returns to its original starting ositiomHERBER S. MILLS.

In presence of:

,1 FRANK S. WILDER,

J. S. RYAN;

